[PLUG] Router/firewall w/gui distro needed

[Russ Johnson]

Theo Macris wrote:

>I am going to set up a router and firewall box for a Mac using friend of
>mine. He has never/nor ever wants to see a command line. Have any of you
>heard of a good R/F distro that includes an intuitive gui control panel,
>possibly web based? I am tempted to use SME 5.5, but that even seems WAY
>bloated at 300mb. The box will need to do no other work. Thanks mates.
>
For about $50 or less, you can get a Netgear RT311 router off Ebay.

I found mine to be every bit as secure as a linux firewall (more in some 
cases) and faster.

It has a web based configuration, only available on the LAN connection. 
It supports port forwarding.

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